Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated

by C. Frank Brockman, Rebecca Marrilees (Illustrator)

Smell the bark of the aromatic Sassafras. Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire. Search for the Sugar Maple, whose foliage blazes red and yellow in autumn. North America's trees rank among nature's most awesome creations. This premier field guide features all characteristics-tree shape, bark, leaf, flower, fruit and twig-for quick identification, making it a superior choice for trail walks, creating displays, and scientific or commercial needs.

-All of North America in one volume
-Over 730 species in 76 families and 160 range maps
-Native species and important introduced foreign varieties
-Text, range maps, and illustrations seen together at a glance
-Common and scientific names
-Convenient measuring rules

Genres: Reference, Nature, Field Guides, Nonfiction, Plants, Guides, Science

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[David Bellangue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been collecting Golden Guide books for a good portion of my life and this one is a very nice volume. Mainly got it for the beautiful illustrations but very informative about the trees of the west which I know little about. If you find it in a used book store, I recommend getting it.

[Lance Mellon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely book and pretty extensive for such a huge subject covering such a wide area. Excellent. Mine is a hardback 1968 edition with dust jacket that I found on the street here in San Francisco (where many excellent books are found).

[Stu · Rating 5 out of 5]

An outstanding guide to trees of North America, found it quite useful for identifying trees and other vegetation in the great Pacific North West Oregon.
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Respectfully,
Stuart Moss

[Larry · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations aren't as clear as they need to be for an identification guide. The descriptions are adequate but visuals are key and this guide lacks in this area.

[elizab]

Guys, the Science Olympiad grind is real.

[Chance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this edition of this golden guide. It’s extensive and the illustrations are perfect for the field. I will be taking this with on my next hike.

[Charlie George · Rating 4 out of 5]

I owned a much older edition of this in middle school, and wore the dickens out of it traveling around the continent on summer vacations. In my efforts to memorize all tree species, I only got about 1% of the way there, but hey that's still 10x as many as most folks can identify. This book has excellent, detailed descriptions and discussions of each species, as well as graphical depictions of the range of their natural habitat. It doesn't have any publishing info beyond C. Frank Brockman and Golden Press, but it must be damn old, because the most recent book in the "bibliography" is dated 1968.

[Cormacjosh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trees of North America is an identification book, and as such is not a late night page turner; but it is adequate for its purpose and I recommend it if you need to learn to identify trees or recall their latin names.

[Scott Cox · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guide is a part of the Golden Field Guide series and is valuable because it covers trees on the East Coast (I use the Peterson Guide to Western trees for the West Coast). The color drawings are good, as are the helpful range maps.

[Lafcadio · Rating 1 out of 5]

Geographical area is way too broad for a book this small.

[Karen L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains a very detailed and organized system for tree identification, with clear color illustrations. I found it accurate and very easy to use.

[Cws]

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[Welwyn Wilton Katz]

I'm reading this as I need it. Good reference book.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deliciously thorough guide book of trees. I should keep this on my "currently reading" list, because I'll be using it continually in my fiction research.